A/N: Here I go, typing in the break room again... Well at least it's relatively quiet in here... Anywho I'll see if I can pick up after the deliciousness that was last chapter...
Disclaimer: Seeing as Dante and Nero aren't actually lovers, I don't think that I own this.
You've Got Plenty
The pair picked themselves up and cleaned up as best they could after a quick rest. Nero was just glad that he'd taken his pants off in the midst of their frantic lovemaking so that they'd avoided any... Well we'll say splash damage. Or maybe it'd been Dante who'd yanked them off, the partial devil shrugged, it didn't matter either way, he was just happy to be able to go into their next battle not covered in the evidence of their tryst. Dante heaved a massive sigh as he clipped Rebellion onto his back.
"I feel so much better now, killed a big-ass fire demon, had a good fuck, gimme a pizza and a sundae and I could die a happy man." Nero rolled his eyes
"I doubt you could rest easy when there's a crazy cult trying to take over the world." The partial devil said as they headed out of the ghost town and toward Fortuna castle.
"I suppose you've got a point, damn my hero complex." The half devil said mockingly, shaking his head, Nero laughed, shoving his shoulder before slogging his way up the rest of the hill. When they both passed into the chasm they froze. Dante looked to his partner and then back to the scene before them.
"Please tell me the crazy snow is normal and that there's a nice cabin with hot chocolate waiting on the other side of this for us?" He said slowly, taking in the blizzard that raged before them. Nero gave a humorless laugh.
"I wish that was the case. I'd never seen snow until I moved into Devil May Cry." Dante cursed under his breath and pulled his sword out and held it at the ready. Nero sighed and stalked forward slowly as well, his arm sparking with blinding blue light. The pulses told him that something was nearby but he had no idea what or where, at least until there was the sound of crackling ice and a flash of movement from the corner of his eye. He rolled forward and felt the wind of something swiping right where he'd been moments before. The partial devil didn't think, he just reached with his demonic arm, snagging something, a leg, a tail, it didn't matter, he had it. He swung the beast around his head several times, hearing the sounds of Ebony and Ivory ring out in the snowy arena and flung the demon in the general direction of the splats that soon followed the gunshots. There was a screech and the two hunters came together as they watched the pair of demons try and disentangle themselves.
"Nice throw man, you ever seen these before?" Nero shook his head
"No, and thanks, though your gunfire provided a nice target." There was a flurry of ice and the demons were back on them, slashing and screeching. Though Nero's was pretty well beaten down and he finished it off in a quick succession of moves. He looked over and saw Dante roll back, taking a few pot shots. The partial devil grinned and reached forward once more, snagging the monster's back leg. He yanked back yelling
"Batter up!" Before launching the poor demon forward. Dante grinned, Rebellion unsheathed in a blink of an eye and took a stance, cleaving the devil into two steaming piles on the ground.
"I'd say that's a home run, how bout you?" the half devil smirked, shaking the gore from the blade. Nero scoffed
"I think a home run entails actually moving the ball, I think that's a strikeout." Dante pretended to be hurt and the two started laughing before continuing up the small mountain to the castle.
-Time Slip-
Once inside the castle the two paused, Nero hadn't been in this place in a long time, even when he'd been a resident of Fortuna, it'd been a rare occasion that he needed to visit the castle, it was mostly held for the head priests and captains of the guard and the few of the ruling class of Fortuna. But this... he was sure that he hadn't seen some sort of barrier surrounding the upper floor last time he'd been here...
"Take it that's not normal either?" Dante sighed, Nero nodded and the two set off to work. It didn't take much for either of them to work around the puzzle and the low level demons that were scattered throughout the halls. Neither were expecting the magic suit of armor to come to life but it didn't pose a problem either way. Nero leaned back on one of the chairs after the monster collapsed with a scattering of light.
"Is it just me or are most of the demons we're facing here just... odd?" he asked, Dante nodded.
"No, you're right, I haven't seen a single thing that I've recognized and for neither of us to have seen these things before..."
"They feel unnatural." said Nero, rubbing his arm, the feeling had been bugging him since they'd set foot back on the island.
"It's entirely possible that they aren't." Dante said, falling back into a nearby chair, grinning softly at his partner. "You're the one with more than one way to sense demons."
"Hey I've gotta have a leg up somewhere." the partial devil teased, sticking his tongue out at the other male who just laughed.
"You've got plenty."
A/N: I don't wanna do homework after this but... I've got an exam and a report to do... sighs... welp at least this was fun?
Till next time,
-Winged Element
